Changes in student learning behavior: What will students do to reach the identified results? What new things will they do to learn? What things will they do more of?

Changing Instruction: What will teachers do to ensure students learn and develop the learning behaviors identified in the first column?

(Be sure that the instructional practices you identify will address every student learning behavior.)

Monitoring Progress with Timelines and Adjustments: How will we measure progress towards the changes in learning behavior and teaching that we want? How often will this occur? How will we keep the principal, parents, and SIT informed and involved?

Collaboration and Support: When will we use the information we get from monitoring to improve learning and teaching? When will we discuss the progress we are making?

School and District Support and Resources: What support and resources will the school and district provide in order to achieve the results of this action plan?

(List the support and resources below and then use the attached template to finalize this column.)

Evaluating Results/Reporting to Families and Community: How will the school know if their students reach the intended results? In light of what we have learned, how will we revise the plan for next year?

Reporting to families and the Community: How will we share results of this plan with the entire school community?

Students will:

·         Set goals for their learning.

·         Analyze and interpret information from differentiated print and non-print resources

·         Engage in purposeful  accountable talk: accountability to knowledge, accountability to rigorous thinking, accountability to learning community. 

Teachers will:

·         Model goal setting

·         Guide students in developing and monitoring their own goals

·         Provide meaningful and open ended discussions

·         Model appropriate discussion strategies and techniques (Gradual Release of Responsibility Model)

·         Facilitate accountable talk in student dominated class discussion

·         Provide various and differentiated print and non-print resources

·         Front-load difficult concepts - Use appropriate pre-reading strategies

·         Establish a purpose for reading/instruction

·         Teach and provide models of strategies for analyzing and interpreting information

·         Provide instructional supports (graphic organizers, prompted outlines, guided discussions, etc.) to promote understanding and enhance student performance. 

·         Provide opportunities for students to share exemplary work and explain why it is exemplary

·         Provide and apply clear and consistent expectations and rubrics for student work and accountable talk across disciplines and grade levels

Teachers will:

·         Assess their current level of literacy instruction

·         Collaboratively look at student work

·         Teacher leaders will:

·         Create an evaluation tool designed to assess the degree to which literacy practices are used during instruction

·         Collect and analyze the data to assess current teaching/learning practices/skills

·         Facilitate the calibration and consistent scoring of student work

Administrators will:

·         Develop a calendar for monitoring progress of the plan 

·         Lead and facilitate Learning Walks

·         Communicate results of assessments to faculty and community

·         Oversee the implementation and monitoring of the plan

When we will collaborate:

·         CPT

·         Faculty and Department meetings

·         SIT meetings

·         Critical Friends group

·         Professional Release Time

·         Curriculum Coordinators meeings

The school will supply the following support and resources:

·         Continue to schedule CPT

·         Print and non-print resources that are appropriate and engaging for diverse learners

·         Provide job embedded professional development on best practices in critical literacy, differentiated instruction, collaborative group work.

The central office will supply the following support and resources:

·         funding for professional development and resources

·         Funding for Media Center to provide differentiated  literacy resources for teachers and students

Evaluating results:

·         Improved test scores (individually and collectively) on state, local, and school assessments

·         Increase frequency of positive teacher and student comments/attitudes  related to the teaching of literacy as measured by SALT and literacy evaluation tool

·         Increase in circulation of Media Center resources

Reporting to the community:

·         School Report Night  

·         School Committee

·         Presentations 

·         School Website 

·         Open House

·         Parent Listserv 

·         Parent Teacher Conferences 

·         Local Newspapers 

·         PTSA Meetings